A thousand miles away,
in an apartment at a certain winter sports training facility.
Peng Yunfei was staring at his phone screen.
He was a national-level ski jumper.
In this extreme sport, known as the "Brave Man's Game," victory often comes down to the slightest differences in equipment, just as much as an athlete's skill and courage.
Recently, a bizarre scandal had erupted within the community.
In ski jumping, the distance an athlete flies through the air is largely determined by the lift provided by their ski suit—in other words, its aerodynamic surface area.
To prevent cheating, the International Ski Federation mandates that athletes undergo an extremely strict, full-body 3D scan. This ensures their tight-fitting ski suits conform perfectly to their bodies, with not a single bit of redundant material to increase the "wind-catching" surface area.
As the saying goes, where there are policies, there are countermeasures.
